Letters: North County, Feb. 6, 2013

Enough substance? Pretending the world is perfect will not change the facts.

Josef Horowitz

Escondido

Billboards are bad idea

While I live in Escondido, I do own property in Vista, and I spend quite a bit of time there.

I think the billboard idea is bad. The newspaper quoted the mayor as saying she does not like the billboards either, but that Vista needs the revenue (utsd.us/VBzHO4). I have to believe she really did say this because the paper printed it a couple of times.

This is the type of statement a manager uses to justify a morally bankrupt decision. It is not the action of a leader. Leaders do what is morally correct.

Vista could open a tattoo parlor. How about a hookah bar? Maybe they should just start selling heroin, I hear there is a lot of money in that.

Rick Paul

Escondido

Second Amendment is alive and well

I must respond to letters by Bruce Thompson (“The Second Amendment is obsolete,” Feb. 2) and J. Howard Crews (“A well-regulated militia is key,” Feb. 2) regarding the Second Amendment.

It’s the First Amendment that allows Mr. Thompson to express his opinion and, without the Second Amendment, he would lose his First Amendment rights very quickly. His son is risking his life to protect the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, yet Mr. Thompson call parts of it “obsolete.” His son must be so proud.

Apparently, Mr. Crews is not aware of the recent Supreme Court decision that reaffirms the individual right to “keep and bear arms,” irrespective of the “well-regulated militia” issue.

Most anti-gunners use that time worn “well-regulated militia” issue in their feeble attempts to take away the Second Amendment right of fellow citizens, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling.

The rule of law does not allow one to “pick-n-choose” what part of the Constitution they like. You must accept it all or reject it all.

Apparently, Mr. Crews would reject the founding documents that have made our country great, and that tells me and others a lot about what kind of a person he really is.

The Santa Margarita Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recommend that we especially remember these two. One fought for us to become the United States of America and the other fought to keep us as a united nation.

As you enjoy your weekend, give thanks to the courage of these two giants, to the men and women who fought so bravely under them, and to the men and women who still serve this country to carry on their legacy.